I Should Have Known

The song is about his childhood friend, and one of the BEST friends, Jimmy Swanson, who died of a drug overdose in 2008. He "should have known" it would happen because Taylor almost died of an OD in 2002.

Dave was NOT that close with Kurt Cobain, contrary to what some people assume. I really dont fucking know where this shit comes from. Its as if Dave Grohl didnt have a personal life before he was 20 years old or something, I dunno. Nirvana, albeit important, is a very small portion of his life (3 years).

Heres an article from Rolling Stone in 2005 where Dave even says he and Kurt werent that close. Sure, they were bandmates and they were friends, but its Dave Grohl. For him to say anything bad about Cobain would be in bad taste since the guy is dead.

Former member of Nirvana, drummer Dave Grohl has recently confessed that while he played with Nirvana he suffered of loneliness and felt like an outcast, because of the special relationship between frontman Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic.

He told Rolling Stone magazine, "When I joined Nirvana I was the fifth or sixth drummer - I don't know if they'd ever had a drummer they were totally happy with.

"And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music. Krist and Kurt had a legendary lifetime connection.

"Those guys were soul mates. They'd been through so much together, from Aberdeen (in Washington state) to the success of Nevermind. They f**king shared everything. I never really shared that moment with them because I came from such a different place."

Dave also said he was never really accepted in the band, because Kurt wasn't satisfied with his musical skills.

"I don't think I've ever told anyone this, but there were times when Kurt was really unhappy with the way I played drums. I could hear him talking about how much he thought I sucked."

During the acoustic tour in 2006, he even talked about his first phone convo with Cobain and how he accidentally made fun of his girlfriend. All your Dave Grohl interviews over the last 16 years can be found here:

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